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Purple Cow Aims To Cut Internet Rates

  • Aug 07, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

A new Halifax company is aiming to drive down internet prices in Nova Scotia.

Purple Cow founders Bradley Farquhar and Joe Power say they are undercutting the prices of other internet service providers, or ISPs, to encourage them to lower their

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UNB To Launch I-STEM Program

  • Aug 06, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The University of New Brunswick is partnering with George Washington University to provide I-STEM programing, which will help scientists and researchers turn their new technologies into businesses.

The Fredericton-based university put out a

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Barbara Named Kauffman Fellow

  • Aug 05, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

Rob Barbara, a veteran investor and General Partner with Halifax-based venture capital firm Build Ventures, has been selected for Class 24 of the Kauffman Fellows, a two-year program that brings together innovative minds in venture capital.

Barbara

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Jobs: Three Openings at Sprypoint

  • Aug 05, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Three openings at Charlottetown-based Sprypoint headline our Jobs of the Week column today. The company is looking for a Business Development Specialist, iOS Developer, and Development Team Leader.

SpryPoint was founded in 2011 to assist utilities

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Startup Zone Launching Accelerator

  • Aug 01, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Charlottetown-based Startup Zone is launching a new early-stage accelerator program to help high-growth companies with product development, branding and sales.

The Prince Edward Island startup house is starting the accelerator so that entrepreneurs

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LaunchPad Celebrates Kilfoil, New Ventures

  • Aug 01, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

The 10 companies enrolled in Dalhousie University’s LaunchPad accelerator pitched their businesses to an audience at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on Wednesday evening.

The pitching event marked the conclusion of LaunchPad, which is offered by Launch

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Leading Fitness Classes on Facebook

  • Jul 31, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Shortly after the birth of her fourth child, Tracey Gairns Brioux decided the best thing she could with her career would be to teach an online fitness class at 5:30 am each day.

She launched her company Reset Breathe Fitness, whose cornerstone is

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Media Relations Talk in Sydney

  • Jul 31, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

On Thursday, Aug. 8, I will be in Sydney to deliver my talk on Media Relations for Startups.

I gave this talk at Volta a few weeks ago, and the response was really great.

So if you want to learn how to write a press release and identify which

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T4G Wins Microsoft Award

  • Jul 30, 2019
  • By Huddle Staff

Technology solutions company T4G is being recognized by Microsoft Canada for its innovative work with data.

The company, which has a headquarters in Saint John, has received the 2019 Microsoft Canada Data Innovation IMPACT Award. The annual

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Start-Up Yard Seeks Applicants

  • Jul 30, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Innovacorp is calling for applications for the third cohort of Start-Up Yard, its incubation program for ocean technology companies.

Successful entrants must pay $2,000 to enter the program, but they then receive a grant of $22,500 in development

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ACOA Helps Velsoft’s Sales Focus

  • Jul 29, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

New Glasgow-based e-learning company Velsoft Training Materials has received a $150,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to facilitate its focus on international growth.

Velsoft’s product turns written training materials into

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New Oil, Oysters DNA Projects

  • Jul 28, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

Projects using DNA tools have been announced by Genome Atlantic, the non-profit corporation that helps Atlantic Canada reap the benefits of genomics technologies. 

In the first, L’Étang Ruisseau Bar Ltée, the oyster hatchery seed supplier located

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